The Tel Aviv derby was halted on Monday after a fan ran onto the pitch and assaulted Maccabi's Eran Zehavi.

The derby between Hapoel and Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the Israeli Premier League was abandoned on Monday as Maccabi midfielder Eran Zahavi was sent off for kicking a fan who had entered the pitch to attack him.

With the match level at 1-1 just 22 minutes into in the first half, a Hapoel fan leaped over the barriers and ran onto the pitch to confront Zahavi -- a former Hapoel star who had scored against his old club already.

After the pair squared up, both player and fan clashed before security...